Arts Education Partnership

The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) is a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrate and promote the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the improvement of America's schools. AEP was founded and is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and U. S. Department of Education in cooperation with the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. Together they are the Governance Committee of AEP.

The Partnership includes over 140 organizations that are national in scope and impact. It also includes state and local partnerships focused on influencing educational policies and practices to promote quality arts education. Partnership organizations affirm the central role of imagination, creativity and the arts in culture and society; the power of the arts to enliven and transform education and schools; and collective action through partnerships as the means to place the arts at the center of learning.

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Sandra S. Ruppert Named to Head Arts Education Partnership Sandra S. Ruppert, currently senior associate for policy and research of the national Arts Education Partnership (AEP), has been named its new director. Ms. Ruppert replaces Richard J. Deasy who reti ...

AEP Releases New 2007-08 Arts Education State Policy Database The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) is pleased to announce the release of the 2007-08 AEP Arts Education State Policy Database. ...

National Arts Awards Honor Richard J. Deasy A coalition of federal and state education and arts agencies have announced the creation of the national Richard J. Deasy Award for Partnership in Education and the Arts that will be awarded annually ...

"Transitions and Transformations" is the overall theme for the 2009 AEP Forums.

The first Arts Education Partnership forum of 2009 will be taking place February 12-13, 2009 in New Orleans, LA. Other forums are scheduled tentatively for the following dates and places:
Boston-Cambridge, MA - early June Denver, CO - late September/early October

www.theimaginenation.net
Find out more about a growing affinity group of voters who believe that schools have to teach the skills of the imagination in order to achieve innovation and prepare students for the 21st Century. ...

Making a Case for the Arts: How and Why the Arts are Critical to Student Achievement and Better Schools
This brochure describes the benefits of arts education based on new research published by the Arts Education Partnership. It can be used for many advocacy purposes. ...